Apple’s video streaming features face a gloomy future in Germany, following a court’s decision ruling against Apple’s patents.

Citing violation of copyrights, OpenTV – owned by Swiss company Kudelski – filed a lawsuit against Apple in 2014, alleging that the company’s streaming technologies used in its several products, including Apple TV, iPhones, iPad, Mac computers, the iTunes music service, and the Quicktime video software, infringed on OpenTV’s patents, Engadget reports.

"The claim is predominantly valid and well-founded," said Dusseldorf court in its Tuesday ruling, Reuters reports.

The ruling, issued by a three-judge panel at the Dusseldorf district court, could force Apple to remove some video streaming features from its popular products sold in Germany. But since it will affect almost all of Apple’s products, the company is expected to appeal, though it has not yet said if it will do so. If the company fails to comply it may face huge fines – up to 250,000 euros per infringement

OpenTV – founded in 1994 – is known as a pioneer of the interactive television technology industry. It currently provides software used in several platforms including video-on-demand, personal video recording, and enhanced television platforms used by DISH Network, QVC, and CNN, reports Appleinsider.

This isn’t the first time the company is suing Apple. Last year, OpenTV filed a similar lawsuit in the United States alleging that Apple infringed on three of its products. The case is still ongoing.

Apple has also been involved in several patent battles including one with Samsung Electronics, in which a US court ruled in favor of Apple and ordered Samsung to stop using the software in question in the United States, Bloomberg reported.